This Side of Paradise - (Dover Thrift Editions) Annotated by F Scott Fitzgerald (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The story of Amory Blaine's adolescence and undergraduate days at Princeton, This Side of Paradise captures the essence of an American generation struggling to define itself in the aftermath of World War I and the destruction of "the old order".<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald's romantic and witty first novel, was written when the author was only twenty-three years old. This semiautobiographical story of the handsome, indulged, and idealistic Princeton student Amory Blaine received critical raves and catapulted Fitzgerald to instant fame. Now readers can enjoy the newly edited, authorized version of this early classic of the Jazz Age, based on Fitzgerald's original manuscript. In this definitive text, This Side of Paradise captures the rhythms and romance of Fitzgerald's youth and offers a poignant portrait of the "Lost Generation."<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Fitzgerald's first novel, <i>This Side of Paradise</i> (1920) was an immediate, spectacular success and established his literary reputation. Perhaps the definitive novel of that "Lost Generation," it tells the story of Amory Blaine, a handsome, wealthy Princeton student who halfheartedly involves himself in literary cults, "liberal" student activities, and a series of empty flirtations with young women. When he finally does fall truly in love, however, the young woman rejects him for another. <br>After serving in France during the war, Blaine returns to embark on a career in advertising. Still young, but already cynical and world-weary, he exemplifies the young men and women of the '20s, described by Fitzgerald as "a generation grown up to find all gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken."<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>One of the great American writers of the 20th century whose works enjoy popular appeal as well as critical acclaim, F. Scott Fitzgerald is best known for his novel <i>The Great Gatsby. </i>His brilliant tales of the rich and glamorous defined the 1920s American era now known as the Jazz Age. <br>
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